DBA Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Database Administrator
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Database Administrator salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 68 82
Rank change year-on-year +26 +14 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a DBA 5 15 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.56% 1.46% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.50% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 4
10th Percentile £45,850 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +10.13% -9.20%
75th Percentile £82,500 £53,750 £50,754
90th Percentile - £61,250 £56,302
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £47,672
% change year-on-year +14.29% +10.13% -9.20%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 306 1,000 646
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 97.56% 84.55%
Number of salaries quoted 221 839 397
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,625 £31,725
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £75,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,000 £47,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.52% -9.05% +16.67%

DBA
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings that featured DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne

DBA
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne

DBA
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DBA in Newcastle upon Tyne

DBA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring DBA in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 5 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
2 4 (80.00%) Data Lake
2 4 (80.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Advertising
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) Hedge funds
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (60.00%) Storage Management
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) Games
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (80.00%) Data Lake
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (60.00%) Storage Management
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle